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CHAPTER 8: The First Crossing
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2026-07-31 05:00:14By eight o'clock that evening, the light autumn drizzle had intensified into a heavy, relentless downpour that rattled against the metal roof and glass windows of the truck.
They were sitting side-by-side in the front bench seat of Kai’s worn Ford pickup, parked under the heavy, dripping canopy of old oak trees at Oakridge Overlook. High above the valley, the distant lights of the small town blinked through the dense mist like scattered embers, while steady streams of rainwater
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